#112

American Cloth Doll in Original Costume
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$1,600
sold
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Description
17" (43 cm). All muslin doll with flat- dimensional face enclosed within sewn-on lace- edged blue bonnet back, painted blonde curls around the face, painted facial features, shaded blue eyes, painted eyeliner and lashes, nose outline, closed mouth with outlined lips, stitch- jointed body with mitten hands, separate thumb, defined waist. Condition: generally excellent, body near mint. Comments: circa 1920. Value Points: the hand-painted doll has original stitched blue bonnet under knit bonnet, wears original matching blue chambray cotton dress with white pinafore, undergarments, shoes and socks.